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April 10, 2014

Prison for Former Kootenai County Finance Director

Filed under: Probable Cause — Tags: — Bill @ 12:07 pm

SpacciaBookingPhotoFormer Kootenai County, Idaho, Finance Director Angela (Sheffield) Spaccia was sentenced today to 11 years, 8 months in prison according to the Los Angeles Times.

Spaccia, known as Angela Sheffield when she was Kootenai County’s Finance Director, was convicted on a variety of charges relating to public corruption in the Bell, California, corruption scandal.

Spaccia’s conviction was on state charges in Los Angeles County Superior Court.  Her conviction and sentencing does not preclude additional federal charges being brought against her.

Spaccia’s boss, former Bell administrator Robert Rizzo, is scheduled to be sentenced later this month.

Bell’s former mayor and five city council members have agreed to plead guilty to various charges involving misappropriation of public funds.   Each of them could receive up to four years in prison.

3 Comments

  1. The position of “Finance Director” does not exist on the website for Kootenai County. I’m wondering if at some time in the past this position existed and subsequently was consolidated into another department. Curious to know exactly how Ms. Spaccia was employed by the county and under which department or elected official.

    Comment by Gary Ingram — April 10, 2014 @ 5:02 pm

  2. Gary,

    Tom Taggert could provide an answer or two. In my opinion, he is THE best school district money manager in N. ID. in what I believe to be the best school district in N. ID.

    After the County eliminated his position, he went to work for Lakeland SD. Shortly thereafter, the County then tried to hire him back (and “recreate” his position) after they realized the previous Board’s folly which amounted to a mere $50K a year–but it was way too late and they [four administrations later] still haven’t filled a needed role as providing fiscal sense and easy accountability to our professionally “retired” Commissioners.

    Comment by Old Dog — April 10, 2014 @ 6:31 pm

  3. Gary,

    As I noted in my OpenCdA post on December 11, 2013, titled Former Kootenai County Finance Director Convicted in CA: Corruption and as provided to me by the Kootenai County HR Department and others:

    During Spaccia’s trial it was learned that she had served from 1994 until June 1998 as the Associate Director of the YWCA in Coeur d’Alene. From June 15, 1998, until June 16, 2000, she served as the Finance Director for Kootenai County, Idaho, in the Auditor’s Office under then Kootenai County Clerk Dan English. At the time she was known by her married name, Angela Sheffield. In 2000 she divorced her husband, Thomas Allen Sheffield, and returned to southern California with her son.

    The approximate time frame and her job title is confirmed by this article from The Spokesman-Review skewspaper.

    Comment by Bill — April 10, 2014 @ 7:08 pm

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